Reports from local residents of drug activity and drug dealing in the town.

Actively targeting our known offenders, vehicles and addresses within Penrith town. This is done by conducting high vis foot patrol, plain clothes, gathering information via Streetsafes and submitting intelligence. Our main is always to get warrants granted from the courts and Eden NPT will execute these. We always ensure we are listening to the public and residents and will follow up any issues. If appropriate we are carrying out stop searches on nominals and seizing vehicles.
We continue to gather intelligence from the local community in regards to drug activity within the town.
We are continuing to complete street safe surveys in areas which have been affected.

Several arrests have been made in relation to drug offences with investigations on going.

ASB & serious violence

Operation Enhance aims to target this kind of activity and sees extra patrols in areas identified as hotspots for anti-social behaviour and/or serious violence.
We continue to use hotspot policing methods to target the areas identified as concern.
We have opened a drop in centre within the Devonshire Arcade, which regularly hosts surgeries ran by PCSOs to offer advice and address concerns from the local community

Op Regulate - Night time economy

We are re-launching Operation Regulate - Eden's approach policing the night time economy. This focuses on keeping people safe, especially the most vulnerable when out in our local towns. We aim to help reduce the issues of alcohol related violent disorder, sexual offences & ASB. With a specific and enhanced focus on violence against woman & girls.

Uniformed and plain clothed officers will be out over the festive period to help keep people safe.

Road Safety

Concerns raised over speeding on the B5288 Norfolk Road Penrith, Beacon Edge, Carleton Village, Carleton Road & Fell Lane. All these locations are currently under review with partners to determine if any further action is required.
We have installed the SID (Speed Indication Device) on the a6 on Scotland Road.
70,182 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 31.3mph, which is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.
We installed a further SID on the B5288 Norfolk Road - 23661 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 29.4mph. This is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.
The SID located on Beacon Edge was activated by 14,639 vehicles. The 85th percentile speed was 34mph, although on the higher end, the 85% percentile speed is within tolerated threshold. This location will be subject to routine monitoring and enforcement by local officers. We are continuing to work with Highways with a view to traffic calming measures being introduced.

Issues with vehicles exceeding the speed limit A6, Scotland Road

We have installed the SID (Speed Indication Device) on the a6 on Scotland Road.
70,182 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 31.3mph, which is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.

Issues with vehicles exceeding the speed limit on the B5288, Norfolk Road.

We installed a SID on the B5288 Norfolk Road - 23661 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 29.4mph. This is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.

Issues with vehicles exceeding the speed limits on Beacon Edge.

Concerns raised over speeding on the B5288 Norfolk Road Penrith, Beacon Edge, Carleton Village, Carleton Road & Fell Lane. All these locations are currently under review with partners to determine if any further action is required.

We have installed the SID (Speed Indication Device) on the a6 on Scotland Road.
70,182 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 31.3mph, which is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.

We installed a further SID on the B5288 Norfolk Road - 23661 vehicles activated the device. The 85th percentile speed was 29.4mph. This is within tolerated limits and no excessive speeding issue has been determined. This location will remain subject to routine police enforcement.

The SID located on Beacon Edge (30mph zone) was activated by 14,639 vehicles. The 85th percentile speed was 34mph, although on the higher end, the 85% percentile speed is within tolerated threshold. This location will be subject to routine monitoring and enforcement by local officers. We are continuing to work with Highways with a view to traffic calming measures being introduced.

The 40mph zone on Beacon Edge, has been subject to monitoring by highways who are considering traffic calming measures and updated signage. The SID was deployed 29/11/24/ to 9/12/24, 15339 vehicles activated the device with the 85 percentile being 40.1mph. No excessive speeding issue has been identified, btu the area will remain subject to routine monitoring by local officers.

Issues with vehicles exceeding the speed limit on Fell Lane.

This location has been assessed with highways, who have carried out previous assessments at this location and no excessive speeding issue was identified.
The SID was deployed from 29/11/24 to 9/12/24. 7698 vehicles were recorded, with the 85th percentile speeding being recorded at 26.8mph. No excessive speeding issue has been identified, but the area will remain subject to routine monitoring by local officers.

Issues with vehicles exceeding the speed limit on Oak Road/Meadowcroft

A joint assessment has been carried out with Highways. Recent highways data shows the 85th percentile speed to be 27mph. penrith town council have recently installed a permanent SID at this location. Highways will monitor the location in due course and will review to see if the installation of the new SID has had on the location.
The area will remain subject to routine monitoring by local officers.